| Forest Area School District | |
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 Map of Forest County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs (red) and Townships (white). | |
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22318 Route 62 Box 16 Northwestern Pennsylvania
, Forest County, Venango County, Elk County[1], Pennsylvania, 16353United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public school district |
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| Website | http://www.forestareaschools.com |
Forest Area School District is a small, rural, public school district in northwestern Pennsylvania. It is the public school entity for all of Forest County. It serves the communities of Marienville and Tionesta, along with a portion of President Township in Venango County and Millstone Township in Elk County. The district encompasses approximately 500 square miles (1,300 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 4,946. By 2010, the District's population increased to 8,255 people.[2] The educational attainment levels for the Forest Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 80.9% high school graduates and 9.8% college graduates.[3] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 57.8% of the District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] Archived 2015-08-10 at the Wayback Machine as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[4] In 2009, the District residents' per capita income was $14,370 a year, while the median family income was $33,333.[5] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[6] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[7] In Forest County, the median household income was $36,556.[8] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[9] In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.[10]
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Schools
| East Forest Elementary | Marienville, Pennsylvania[11] |
| West Forest Elementary | Tionesta, Pennsylvania[12] |
| East Forest High | Marienville, Pennsylvania[13] |
| West Forest High | Tionesta, Pennsylvania[14] |
High school students may choose to attend the Venango Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Riverview Intermediate Unit IU6 provides the District with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, background checks for employees, state mandated recognizing and reporting child abuse training, speech and visual disability services and criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.
References
- ^ Amanda Hetrick (September 30, 2014). "Basic Education Commission Testimony" (PDF).
- ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
- ^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
- ^ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
- ^ American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009
- ^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts".
- ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
- ^ US Census Bureau (2014). "Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County".
- ^ Michael Sauter; Alexander E.M. Hess (August 31, 2013). "America's most popular six-figure jobs". USA Today.
- ^ Jeff Guo (September 15, 2015). "Lower wages for whites, higher wages for immigrants, and inequality for all". The Washington Post.
- ^ East Forest Elementary Home Page.
- ^ West Forest Elementary Home Page.
- ^ East Forest JHSH Home Page.
- ^ West Forest JHSH Home Page.
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This page was last edited on 14 December 2023, at 23:33